Laundry sprayer



Dea 23, 1924.

s. SATAKE LAUNDRY SPRAYER Filed Sept. 22, 1923 Patented Dee.. 23, 1924.

NETED STATES S-HUZO SATAKE, OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.

LAUNDRY SPRAYER.

Application filed September 22, 1923.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that T, SHUZO SATAKE, a subject of the Emperor of Japan,residing at Sacramento, county of Sacramento, and State of California,have invented new and useful Improvements in Laundry Sprayers, of whichthe following is a. specification.

This invention relates to liquid spraying devices for dampening laundry.

It is the principal object of the present invention to generally improvedevices of the character referred to whereby to provide a simple andeiiicient portable laundry spraying device which may be easilymanipulated to rapidly and evenly spray a desired quantity of liquidover laundry.

In carrying out this object, T provide a handled container fitted with arevoluble brush. This brush is located in a position so that itsperiphery will collect liquid from the interior of the container andspray the same on laundry when rthe brush is revolved. The container isfit-ted with a. simple operating mechanism for revolving the brush.

The invention is exemplified in the following description andillustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a device embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same with parts broken away todisclose certain details of construction.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, indicates a container fitted atits rear end with a handle 11. At the front end of the container, acylindrical brush housing 12 is formed. This housing is located at thetop and front end of the container and houses a revoluble brush 14. Thisbrush is fixed on a shaft 15 which is journaled in the ends of thehousing.

The bot-tom of the brush housing 12, which is located within thecontainer, is perforated to permit liquid to enter and to permit thebristles of the brush to dip into the liquid when the brush is revolved.

The front of the housing is formed with a longitudinal discharge opening16 through which the brush may spray the liquid. The edges of the wallof the container at the top and bottom o-f the opening are inturned asat 17 to engage the bristles of the brush and cause them to spray theliquid collected thereon when the brush is revolved.

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The mechanism shown for revolving the brush includes a pivoted operatinglever 18 which is carried by bearings 19 on top of the container. Theend 20 of this lever is formed with a pawl 21 for engagement withratchet teeth 22 which are formed on the face of a spur gear 23. Thisgear is turnable on a shaft 24 and is in mesh with a pinion 25 which isfixed on a spindle 26. This spindle is fitted with a gear 27 which whenrotated will drive a gear 28 on the brush shaft through an idler gear29. From the foregoing it is obvious that oscillation of the operatinglever 18 will cause the brush to be intermittently revolved in the fdirection of the arrow shown in Fig. 2.

In operation of the form of the device just described, the operatorgrasps the handle to intermittently depress the operating lever torotate the brush. A spring 30 will raise the lever to normal position.

When the brush is revolved it will collect moisture in the bottom of thehousing and spray the same through the opening 16. The inturned ledge 18will aid the spraying action of the bristles of the brush.

If desired, a crank handle 31 may be removably fitted to the spindle 26to continuously revolve the brush.

By the use of my improved device, moisture may be rapidly and evenlysprayed upon laundry to dampen the same before ironing.

T/Vhile T have shown the preferred form of my invention as known to me,T wish it understood that various changes may be made in itsconstruction without departing from the spirit of the invention asdefined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention,r what T claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is 1. A portable laundry sprayer comprising acontainer', a handle fixed at one end thereof, a cylindrical brushhousing formed at the other end of the container and in communicationwith the same, a rotatable brush mounted in said housing, said housingbeing formed with a longitudinal discharge opening through which thebrush may discharge liquid from the container, means formed on thehousing adjacent said discharge opening for causing the bristles of thebrush to spray the liquid being discharged when the brush is rotate-d, adepressibl'e lever mounted on the container adjacent the handle, and

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an operative connection between said lever and said brush wherebyosoirllgation off Said lever will ,intermittently rotate said Vbnush.

2. A portable laundry sprayer comprising a container, a handle linedvatene end therel of, a cylindrical brush housing formed at the otherend of the container and in oom- 1 munication with the same, a rotatablebrush mounted in said housing, .said housing bein-g formed With alongitudinal discharge opening through Which the 'brush may dischargeliquid Ifrom the containen means formed on the `housing adjacent saiddischarge open- ,ed .on .the vcontainer adjacent the handle, an

operative eonneetion 'between said lever and said brush wherebyoscillation of said lever will intermittently rotate said brush, saidoperative connection comprising a ratchet Wheel, lpaWl on fthe eend ofsaid lever engageable with said ratchet Wheel, and a train of spur-gears lconnecting said ratchet Wheel to `said brush.

SHZG SATAKE.

